BURGAW – East Bladen’s girls rode a strong showing in the sprints, hurdles and relays to a 4th place finishin the girls meet, while the East boys did well in the sprints and the relays to place 4th in the boys’ meet at the 6th Waccamaw Conference track & field meet of the season Thursday at Pender High.
Heide Trask won the boys meet by 100 points over 2nd place Pender (206.5-106.5). Whiteville placed 3rd (98), followed by East Bladen (84), South Columbus (81) West Columbus (31) and East Columbus (6).
Trask also won the girls meet with 153 points followed by Whiteville (131), Pender (126), East Bladen (90), South Columbus (32), and West Columbus (25).
Junior Chace Butler won both the 100 and 200 meter sprints for East Bladen, and the 4×100 relay team of Butler, Jayden Dailey, Masion Brooks, Matthew Kemp, and Tevin McLean also won. Eagle sophomore Ronnie Covington finished 2nd in both the 400 meters and the high jump.
In the girls meet, junior Laila Smith and sophomore Ariel Cromartie gave the Lady Eagles a 1-2 finish in the 100-meter hurdles. East Bladen’s Nyasia Banks finished 2nd in the 100 meters, and teammate Naiherna Leach was 2nd in the triple jump.
The Lady Eagle 4×100 and 4×200 meter relay teams (Trinity Kemp, Zahreonna Baldwin, Nyasia Banks, Cromartie and Smith) both placed 2nd in their events.
The complete East Bladen results for the meet follow:
Boys
100 Meters – 1. Chace Butler 11.24; 3. Jayden Dailey 11.64; 5. Masion Brooks 11.64; 8. Tevin McLean 11.84; 15. Kewone Maynor 12.04.
200 Meters – 1. Butler 23.44; 11. Dailey 25.44.
400 Meters – 2. Ronnie Covington 54.94; 9. Xavier Potts 59.94; 16. Ahmbric Cooper 1:07.74.
800 Meters – 4. Ethan Metz 2:25.1.
1600 Meters – 8. Jacob Caulder 5:59.30.
3200 Meters – 7. Caulder 13:28.00.
4×100 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Butler, Dailey, Brooks, Matthew Kemp, McLean) 44.94.
4×400 Meter Relay – 3. East Bladen (William Borza, Dashon Campbell, Dominick Collins, Ronnie Covington, Xavier Potts) 4:05.40.
High Jump – 2. Covington 5-08; 7. Dominick Collins 5-06.0.
Long Jump – 8. Covington 17-09.
Discus – 6. William Borza 78-00; 7. Gereal Maye 77-07; 8. Kenneth Rhodie 77-03; 11. Jaamir Stephens 71-04; 12. Kaden McKoy 68-09.
Shot Put – 6. Dashon Campbell 31-04; 14. Borza 27-00.5; 16. Stephens 25-07.
Boys Team Scores – 1. Heide Trask 206.5, 2. Pender 106.5, 3. Whiteville 98, 4.East Bladen 84, 5. South Columbus 81, 6. West Columbus 31, 7. East Columbus 6.
Girls
100 Meters – 2. Nyasia Banks 13.24; 3. Deshiry Moses 13.64.
200 Meters – 5. Lavonia Cromartie 29.94.
400 Meters – 4. Naiherna Leach 1:14.54; 7. Allysa Stringfield 1:16.54; 8. Malay’jah Gillespie 1:17.64.
100 Meter Hurdles – 1. Laila Smith 17.24; 2. Ariel Cromartie 19.04.
300 Meter Hurdles – 4. Lent 1:00.74.
4×100 Meter Relay – 2. East Bladen (Kemp, Banks, Baldwin, Ariel Cromartie, Smith) 53.54.
4×200 Meter Relay – 2. East Bladen (Kemp, Baldwin, Banks, Cromartie, Smith) 1:55.90.
Long Jump – 10. Naiherna Leach 12-00; 14. Tanaisha McKoy 9-04; 15. Mariah Ward 8-02.
Triple Jump – 2. Leach 28-06.
Discus – 3. Moses 65-10; 4. La’tosha Melvin 63-11; 8. Jamiya Peterson 60-04; 12. Kimiya McDowell 53-07; 19. Ta’mani Brown 36-06.
Shot Put – 6. Melvin 24-04; 7. McKoy 24-03; 10. Peterson 23-01; 16. McDowell 20-07; 20. Brown 15-01.
Girls Team Scores: 1. Heide Trask 153, 2. Whiteville 131, 3. Pender 126, 4. East Bladen 90, 5. South Columbus 32, 6. West Columbus 25.
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